http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10205174
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Claude Choules was the last known surviving combat veteran of the Great War, and served in both the world wars of the 20th Century.
Born in Pershore, Worcestershire in 1901, he tried to sign up for the army at the beginning of World War I but he was too young.
Two years later, at the age of 15, he joined the Royal Navy serving on board the training ship HMS Impregnable based at Devonport.
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His main task on the Revenge was to help lower the seaplanes into the water which were used to fight the threat of German Zeppelins.
It was while on board the Revenge that Choules witnessed the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in November 1918 in the Firth of Forth.
He remained with the Revenge as part of the escort which accompanied the German fleet to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and, six months later, watched as the interned German crews scuttled their ships.
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What a fascinating man .He tried to join up at age 13 ,was signed up at age 15 and retired after 40yrs in uniform serving both the British navy and Royal Australian navy and later the regular Australian navy
RIP
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